Quote Originally Posted by 80milesSouth View Post
I would have thought the last couple of friendlies before the season starts should see us playing with pretty much our first choice 11 so that they gel as a unit
A fair point. I will counter it. If you spend the last few games playing your first choice 11 and then your keeper gets sent off in the first game, you are left with a keeper who hasn’t played for a few weeks. Or your centre midfielder picks up an injury, you are left with a player not match fit. Or as some predict, your unproven first choice striker goes a few games without a goal and you want to change it, the player replacing him hasn’t played for weeks.
Pre season is the worst part of the year for most players where they are ran ragged - to not have that carrot of a game dangled in front of you would be horrific.
The thing that’s also gone relatively unnoticed is that youth players have been making an appearance.. some on here have been banging the drum about seeing more of these lads given a go. Is a PSF not better than a League game to see how they go?